2026-06-29

Samsung and SK Hynix plan $590 billion chip investment as AI demand sends memory prices soaring

Samsung and SK Hynix, backed by the South Korean government, are pouring $590 billion into new chip factories and packaging centers as AI data center demand surges. According to Jefferies, memory prices could climb to 50 percent per quarter through 2027. The two companies control nearly 80 percent of the global HBM market.<br /> The article Samsung and SK Hynix plan $590 billion chip investm [...]

2026-06-29

What it actually takes to future-proof your organization

Hint: It’s about people, not technology. [...]

2026-06-29

The AI infrastructure boom is bigger than GPUs

AI infrastructure is evolving beyond GPUs into the operational backbone of enterprise business systems. [...]

2026-06-29

How to make Linux look like MacOS for free - with a few simple ZorinOS tweaks

Looking to migrate to Linux but fond of the Mac UI? Zorin OS can help make your new distro look very much like the one you just left. Here's how to achieve that for free. [...]

2026-06-29

Truckloads of Tesla Batteries Keep Getting Stolen Before They Even Leave the Factory

Nine major suspected cargo thefts happened at Tesla’s Nevada battery factory in January alone, according to sheriff’s records obtained by WIRED. [...]

2026-06-29

SpaceX wants its own gas pipeline to fuel Starship

Most rocket companies buy their fuel. SpaceX wants to pipe it in. Filings in Texas show the company plans to build its own natural gas pipeline, an unusual move for a space firm, and a telling one. SpaceX calls the line Starpipe. It would run eight miles, about 13km, to Starbase, SpaceX’s company town on […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-29

AWS raises GPU prices 20% as the memory crunch bites

Renting an AI chip is starting to feel like booking a hotel in a sold-out city. You pay to hold the room, and the rate keeps climbing. On AWS, it just climbed again. Amazon Web Services has raised prices for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by roughly 20%, starting in July. Business Insider first reported […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-29

Ex-Anthropic researchers raise $200M for self-improving AI

Mirendil, founded by two researchers who left Anthropic after barely a year, has raised $200m at a $1bn valuation. The pitch: sell the self-improving AI that the big labs build for themselves and guard from everyone else. The biggest AI labs share one private conviction. The fastest way to build better AI is to point […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-29

OpenAI hires Apple’s Vision Pro chief Paul Meade

Paul Meade, Apple’s Vision Pro chief, is leaving to build OpenAI’s devices. It is the most senior Apple defection yet, and it points the AI hardware talent war straight at Cupertino. Apple does not lose vice presidents to rivals. That is the unwritten rule, and for years it held. Designers slipped away to Jony Ive’s […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]